Three KCII area schools found themselves in this week’s Iowa high school football poll issued by the Associated Press Monday.

Top area team is in 8-man where the WACO Warriors continue their undefeated run at No. 2 in the state. The Warriors are receiving a pair of first place votes. WACO is 6-0 this year after a 43-14 Homecoming win over New London last week. The Warriors have outscored their opponents this year by a combined 315-96 score. WACO is next on the field Friday at 3-2 Lone Tree.

In Class 1A, the No. 7 Columbus Wildcats also remain unbeaten at 5-0 after a second half come-from-behind win at Pekin last Friday 53-28. The Wildcats have outscored their opponents this year by a combined 251-81 count. The ‘Cats celebrate Homecoming this week when they entertain 1-4 North Mahaska.

The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks appear in the Class 2A poll this week for the first time in 2022 at No. 9. The Hawks are 4-1 after a 51-0 win over Central Lee a week ago. Mid-Prairie has started 2-0 in district play topping their opponents by a combined 107-0 score. The Golden Hawks welcome No. 1 in Class 2A and undefeated Williamsburg to Wellman for a top ten Homecoming showdown this Friday. You can hear all of the action between the Hawks and the Raiders on AM 1380, FM 102.5 and KCIIradio.com, beginning with the Washington HyVee Pregame Show at 7p.m. and kickoff at 7:30 at Dwight G. Sattler Field.